Your operating under the idea that pensioners are all weak, timid old farts that can barely pay for a can of baked beans. Some of them are ****ing minted, in fact, a lot of them are.
Why does a person with a large amount of disposable income need a hand out to pay for a leccy bill. Same people who would argue this are conveniently the same people who think young people have absolutely no excuse to be on the street and shouldn't be getting any help whatsoever.
I know your on the wind up, cos you know the poorest pensioners are still getting the support, but still, worth posting on here.
Whilst some of the money is coming from the central government to pay for these payrises, the rest is being made up by the NHS for example finding money themselves to pay for it.